Ways to handle it

Abstract

Karnataka is suffering from severe shortage of electricity as reflected in regular power cuts. In Bengaluru, hub of IT industry in the country and fast growing metropolitan, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) had recently announced, officially, two-hour power cuts for industry, which would have significant implications for the industrial and commercial enterprises (since withdrawn). However, unscheduled power cuts in the city and in other parts of Karnataka still continue.

In view of the rain deficit, and given that 31 per cent of installed capacity in Karnataka is hydel energy, there is a chance that electricity generation could face problems in the near future, and therefore such power cuts would continue longer than anticipated. The installed capacity in thermal, wind, solar, and biogas can be augmented but that is a long term project. Also, officially announced power cuts imply that availability of electricity for sale from other states is not available. Hence, in view of supply constraints, some measures have to be undertaken immediately, within Karnataka, to meet the demand.

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